#BABCCD#BABCCD

#BABCCD is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.508; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.024 H 280.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BABCCD
RGB	rgb(186, 188, 205)
HSL	hsl(234, 16%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(234, 9%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.3%, 8.3%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.57, 2.61, -8.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.57, 9.15, 286.57°)
OKLab	oklab(79.89% 0.0044 -0.0236)
OKLCH	oklch(79.89% 0.024 280.5)
XYZ	xyz(49.2501, 50.8130, 64.9590)
Luminance	0.5081 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BABCCD #CDCBBA

analogous

#BAC6CD #BABCCD #C2BACD

triadic

#BABCCD #CDBABC #BCCDBA

tetradic

#BABCCD #CDBAC6 #CDCBBA #BACDC2

square

#BABCCD #CDBAC6 #CDCBBA #BACDC2

split-complementary

#BABCCD #CDC2BA #C6CDBA

monochromatic

#73779A #979AB3 #BABCCD #DDDEE7 #EDEEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#BABCCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.16

#BABCCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BABCCD

11.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BABCCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BABCCD	1.00	1.88	11.16	11.16
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8BECE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7BCCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6BFC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #babccd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 188, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.024 280.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ced0dc',
    500: '#babccd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #babccd;
$custom-light: #ced0dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#babccd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 233.684,
    "s": 15.966,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79892,
    "c": 0.02396,
    "h": 280.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.50813
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BABCCD

secondary

#A19F8A

accent

#924B9A

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#131415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BABCCD

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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